tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post8649105463770613889..comments2023-09-06T01:53:41.634-07:00Comments on doug's Site: Today in History: Transcontinental Railroad links USA East to West (May 10, 1869) Doug's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09219952832674415239noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-80199203009451105422012-05-12T09:52:08.000-07:002012-05-12T09:52:08.000-07:00I have trouble with take-offs and landings, Marty....I have trouble with take-offs and landings, Marty. The worst landing I ever had was in Reno---the high winds coming off the Sierra Nevadas make it a very bumpy place to land in. I remember the plane i was in kept going up and down in elevation. The flight-attendant told me all the bumpiness was "normal". Yikes!doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-55399038991160397762012-05-11T22:57:11.000-07:002012-05-11T22:57:11.000-07:00I dont like planes at all Doug, I have only flown ...I dont like planes at all Doug, I have only flown twice in my life...once from San Jose to Disneyland on a comercial plane and the second time was on a private jet when I won employee of the year where I worked, from Roseburg to Reno....those two flights were enough to last me a lifetime. Scared to death the whole time in the air.Marty Bhttp://martyb2746.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-29147720795207618792012-05-11T20:15:14.000-07:002012-05-11T20:15:14.000-07:00Yes, I don't know as much as I should about th...Yes, I don't know as much as I should about the Canadian Railway, but it doesn't surprise the Chinese got the worst of it. The 1860s-1880s were very hard times for Chinese immigrants on the Pacific Coast.doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-73315347508844111462012-05-11T20:12:04.000-07:002012-05-11T20:12:04.000-07:00Yes, that sounds like a nice trip, Marty. I find...Yes, that sounds like a nice trip, Marty. I find that its plane flights which really play havoc with my insides. doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-11378400004036068292012-05-11T20:00:19.000-07:002012-05-11T20:00:19.000-07:00It was an interesting time within history Doug and...It was an interesting time within history Doug and your most welcome with the link. There is some cross section between the Canadian National Railway system which I do forget yet within a disussion today with the building of the railway system we both did make on grave mistake with how we treated the chinese as it was very close to slavery.<br /><br />Regardless this is a most interesting site I thought I would post <br />as well Doug.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://up150.com/">http://up150.com/</a>Initiative Stainhttp://initiativestain.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-30812186989841108012012-05-11T19:41:42.000-07:002012-05-11T19:41:42.000-07:00Maybe so Doug, I was once on a train going from Wa...Maybe so Doug, I was once on a train going from Warwick Rhode Island to Mystic Connecticut....it was cool! It was a trip with our high school class and I really enjoyed it....but I had a seat that faced backwards and it kinda made me a bit nauseous....lolMarty Bhttp://martyb2746.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-28100100841715842792012-05-11T13:30:16.000-07:002012-05-11T13:30:16.000-07:00I was happy to find it Christy. Thanks. I was happy to find it Christy. Thanks. doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-76906965407529336092012-05-11T13:29:50.000-07:002012-05-11T13:29:50.000-07:00That's how I feel, Marty. There were cases of...That's how I feel, Marty. There were cases of bad discrimination, the Chinese immigrants (a third of the total labor force according to one site) had the most difficult work in digging and blasting the tunnels for rail-lines into steep mountain-sides and the like. And people like the Irish-Americans working to bring tracks over the Rockies likely weren't paid what they should have received. <br /><br /><br />This was like the Apolllo moon-landing program NASA created 100 years later; an incredibly difficult, multi-national and multicultural undertaking. And it succeeded! A public-private project that defined the amazing growth of the USA for decades. <br /><br /> As as fuel prices continue to go up, we may be seeing a revival of progress in railroad transportation.doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-28420686889930411752012-05-11T00:59:07.000-07:002012-05-11T00:59:07.000-07:00I just love that painting!! Great post, Doug.I just love that painting!! Great post, Doug.Christy Kidhttp://christykid.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-43812762848028606492012-05-10T22:27:59.000-07:002012-05-10T22:27:59.000-07:00Yes truly amazing how hands of different nationali...Yes truly amazing how hands of different nationalities could build something so spectacular...all working together for the growth of this country. Marty Bhttp://martyb2746.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-79354423545476348872012-05-10T22:16:03.000-07:002012-05-10T22:16:03.000-07:00Very interesting Jack! Yes, if you ask me a lot ...Very interesting Jack! Yes, if you ask me a lot of the the economic and social growth in the USA--at least from 1830-1930-- is really tied up into the development of the railroads. The article makes a good point about the Los Angeles/Salt Lake City line. Without it, Los Angeles would not have been the metropolis it became early in the last century. <br /><br /><br /><br /> Thanks for the link. doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-66505864950168147872012-05-10T20:22:12.000-07:002012-05-10T20:22:12.000-07:00Now this is history Doug as the railways were what...Now this is history Doug as the railways were what truly brought about technology along with the next step in opening a passage which brought about a means for furthering economic diversity within the west.<br />I thought I would add this link:<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/u/UNIONPACIFICRAIL.html">http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/u/UNIONPACIFICRAIL.html</a>Initiative Stainhttp://initiativestain.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-71065407334240479202012-05-10T20:21:46.000-07:002012-05-10T20:21:46.000-07:00that's amazing Doug every inch of rail had to ...that's amazing Doug every inch of rail had to be laid by hand digging through mountains. I wonder how many men died building it? absolutely amazingMike ..http://wellhell2.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com